“I was never in doubt we could play like this – but we had problems. We have to learn to perform all the time, that's our job,” he said.

“I think we understand a little bit more now what everyone wants from us, for the players and for me too.

“Now we have a big group training, and that is good. We have to use this new quality to change, to rest to go. In two very exciting and outstanding tournaments.”

Klopp doesn't believe the six point gap to the Champions' League spots is unbridgeable.

"Six points is not the world. In our situation I would like to say we take each point but we have to show it. Consistency was not our hobby until now in this season so we have to improve in this part of the game and stay in the race.

“This is the most important part of the league, the rest of the season has been preparation for these last few yards. Our starting position is not master-class but it is good enough to do something and we should try everything we can but I don't think about the top four. I only think about how there is a lot of points to get and we should really get as many as we can - starting at Crystal Palace.

“We have to show we learned this in the last five or six months and it is a big chance for us. We have to try everything to take it.”

Liverpool will be without Lucas at Palace, with the manager explaining: "No Lucas, it is really unfortunate and a little bit more serious as I've never heard of an injury like this with a penalty. It is his quad. I don't know exactly but he'll be out for five to six weeks.”

But Mamadou Sakho is back along with Daniel Sturridge, and Martin Skrtel could also make his first appearance in almost three months.